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for the obama administration. >> did obama in some way kind of paint trump in a corner here, bob, with this -- with these decisions that he has made? >> i think so. but, i mean, obama is still the president. you can only have one president at a time and he's going to be president until trump is sworn in on the 20th. and a lot of democrats and editorial boards, including the "new york times" have said obama should have acted quicker while praising the actions. democrats definitely think that obama could have been and should have been tougher during the campaign on russia than he was. >> francessca, do you think there were political motivations behind this, that obama was looking to perhaps push trump's hand in the early days of his administration? >> well, again, it's clear that these are not actions that donald trump would have necessarily taken. if he were president. and once he becomes president, he said that he doesn't think that the russians necessarily did do the hacking. and so obama is trying to push him in that direction. and, again, take these actions that officials are saying
for the obama administration. >> did obama in some way kind of paint trump in a corner here, bob, with this -- with these decisions that he has made? >> i think so. but, i mean, obama is still the president. you can only have one president at a time and he's going to be president until trump is sworn in on the 20th. and a lot of democrats and editorial boards, including the "new york times" have said obama should have acted quicker while praising the actions. democrats...
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obama leading romney 78 to 17% in nevada. and in florida, obama leads romney 61 to 31%. romney has had a problem connecting with hispanics for months, and in just the past few days, began a new push to try to win them over. joining me now is steven nuno. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> these numbers look horrible for mitt romney. you know, comments that his dad was mexican, he'd be doing better. is there hope for him in the latino voting community? >> no. but the reason he needs to switch his position on immigration is he needs to convince more moderate voters. you know, romney 2.0 is about connecting with moderate voters, and that's the majority of americans who believe there should be a pathway to citizenship and a humane approach to immigration. >> he says he wouldn't row evacuate president obama's plan that's been granting temporary visas for young, undocumented workers. is that progress enough? >> not really. there's two words that latinos should pay attention to when they're talking to mitt romney. that is kris kobach. and kris kobach is the a
obama leading romney 78 to 17% in nevada. and in florida, obama leads romney 61 to 31%. romney has had a problem connecting with hispanics for months, and in just the past few days, began a new push to try to win them over. joining me now is steven nuno. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> these numbers look horrible for mitt romney. you know, comments that his dad was mexican, he'd be doing better. is there hope for him in the latino voting community? >> no....
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president obama is not sure that president obama would be willing to do this and given the relationship with putin and the russians and that he needed to do it to take the pressure off of president trump to do it. that's why i said earlier, i think president-elect trump should be grateful that president obama -- i wish that president obama would have done this earlier. i would have liked him to do it prior to the election. i know he felt like he was playing politics with it. but, he made that call, i respect that call. i respect the motivation for that decision. but, it was a appropriate that he do it now right before president-elect trump takes office so that again, it can be kind of a bad cop and good cop situation and president obama mayed t played the bad cop and president-elect trump can see what the benefits of the country he can go with the country. >> i want to turn to peter alexander now is joining us from the state department. what are you hearing fromour po there? >> jacob, live in your washington, d.c. burreau right now. all communicating together to the country what these n
president obama is not sure that president obama would be willing to do this and given the relationship with putin and the russians and that he needed to do it to take the pressure off of president trump to do it. that's why i said earlier, i think president-elect trump should be grateful that president obama -- i wish that president obama would have done this earlier. i would have liked him to do it prior to the election. i know he felt like he was playing politics with it. but, he made that...
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the next four years, if president obama is president obama again, what does the next four years look like in terms of his legislative priorities? >> the next four years is continuing on the path to growing this economy from the middle class out, investing in infrastructure, education, energy, implementing obamacare. there are many aspects left to be implemented so that all americans can fully realize the promise that was built by obamacare. so we are very excited about the next four years should president obama win, and we believe he will. >> thanks so much. appreciate your time on this sunday afternoon. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> everyone remembers the slogan "we like ike," but what does the former military general have in common with president obama? and what can mitt romney learn from him? the man who wrote the book on ike joining us up next. >>> plus, get aggressive or play defense? >> are you ready? >> i'm looking forward to the debates. i'll put it that way. >> we will break down debate strategy with our sunday brain trusts. well, i had all the classic symptoms...
the next four years, if president obama is president obama again, what does the next four years look like in terms of his legislative priorities? >> the next four years is continuing on the path to growing this economy from the middle class out, investing in infrastructure, education, energy, implementing obamacare. there are many aspects left to be implemented so that all americans can fully realize the promise that was built by obamacare. so we are very excited about the next four years...
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president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did he bring the fire he demanded? you were upset the last one. >> i don't think the president left too much on the table last night. it's hard to win in 90 minutes. that's president came damn close. in the midst of all that in the president' performance, mitt romney created two new problems for himself on women and immigration. the problem with women has nothing to do with contraception it's now how they're viewed in the workplace. they're out there talking about what he really thought of lilly ledbetter. he wasn't for it, but now he's not going to repeal it. last night when he had a chan
president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? open enrollment is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combines medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan starting at a zero dollar monthly premium -- no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. an aarp medicarecomplete plan offers you benefits like an annual physical, preventive screenings and immunizations for a $0 copay. you'll also have the flexibility to change doctors from a network of providers dedicated to helping you stay healthy. there's more. when you enroll in an aarp medicarecomplete pl
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obama in 2008. he talked to my colleague chris jansing a short time ago about that bear hug. >> when he came in, he busted through my front door and said where's scott? from that moment on, it seemed like he was a long lost friend, and it was amazing. great connection. he came over, gave me a hug and that's when the bear hug happened. like i said, i was just so caught up in the moment, it was unbelievable. >>> and if you can't beat him, join him. president obama jumped on the birther bandwagon after meeting a hawaiian-born boy at a sports bar this weekend. >> are you born in hawaii? do you have a birth certificate? >> it was an interesting weekend on the campaign trail for the vice president as well. hanging with bikers at a diner in ohio. according to the campaign, the bikers were part of a group called the shadow men. the associated press was able to snap a picture, but so far, we have not been able to get our hands on any video. democrats getting a compliment from an unlikely source today as well
obama in 2008. he talked to my colleague chris jansing a short time ago about that bear hug. >> when he came in, he busted through my front door and said where's scott? from that moment on, it seemed like he was a long lost friend, and it was amazing. great connection. he came over, gave me a hug and that's when the bear hug happened. like i said, i was just so caught up in the moment, it was unbelievable. >>> and if you can't beat him, join him. president obama jumped on the...
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and you know, some talk about obama care, and i love that word, because obama does care what it means for the african-american community to have health care where they didn't visit before. it's important to them. so they know that we've got a listening ways to go. but they know that the president has been doing the kinds of things that are important to them to make their lives better. >> i'm sure the pennsylvania supreme court's decision on voter id this week has been a major focus at the cbc gathering. given all the news about the efforts to block the vote in various states this campaign season, how do you fight the temptation among some voters to just stay home given all the challenges they might face at the polls? >> what we do is remind them of what shoulders they stand on. individuals died so that they would stand on line and fight for the right to vote. and we cannot allow someone to take away that right. it's just amazing to me when you think about pennsylvania being one of those states and ohio being another state. >> true. >> i was listening to someone earlier today. those ar
and you know, some talk about obama care, and i love that word, because obama does care what it means for the african-american community to have health care where they didn't visit before. it's important to them. so they know that we've got a listening ways to go. but they know that the president has been doing the kinds of things that are important to them to make their lives better. >> i'm sure the pennsylvania supreme court's decision on voter id this week has been a major focus at the...
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but i have no earthly idea what she'll decide to do. >> president obama, president obama back in washington today after a pair of campaign events in wisconsin, saturday, at a fundraiser, the president criticizing mitt romney for describing 47% of americans as victims this morning on nbc's "meet the press," senator kelly ayotte, republican from new hampshire, pushed back. >> that certainly was a political analysis at a fundraiser, but it's not a governing philosophy. he absolutely has a vision for 100% of america. and that's very different from this president. >> more on all of these stories in our next two hours. sunday afternoon here we are, no one probably happier to see a new week begin than mitt romney. he's got a targeted itinerary of campaign sweeps, speeches and swing states this coming week, nbc campaign embed, derrick hick in los angeles with the candidate, about to board a plane for colorado so he's joining us by phone. garrett, i understand mr. rot romney spent the earlier part of the day in debate prep. what can you tell us about that? >> that's correct. governor romney's arrive
but i have no earthly idea what she'll decide to do. >> president obama, president obama back in washington today after a pair of campaign events in wisconsin, saturday, at a fundraiser, the president criticizing mitt romney for describing 47% of americans as victims this morning on nbc's "meet the press," senator kelly ayotte, republican from new hampshire, pushed back. >> that certainly was a political analysis at a fundraiser, but it's not a governing philosophy. he...
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i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear -- >> i, barack hussein obama, do s solemnly swear -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> will protect and preserve and defend the constitution of the united states. >> will protect and preserve the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >>> we have team coverage of the 57th presidential inauguration, and luke russert is with us on the washington mall, but we start with peter alexander on the north lawn of the white house this afternoon. pete, we know that the first family attended the historic metropolitan church this morning, and what are they up to right now? >> well, they get some quiet time together as a family which compared to the hundreds of thousands of people now converging on the capitol ahead of tomorrow's public swearing in and the presidential address, the inaugural address to take place, we believe they are here at the white house right now. we have a good look at s
i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear -- >> i, barack hussein obama, do s solemnly swear -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> will protect and preserve and defend the constitution of the united states. >> will protect and preserve the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> thank you, mr. chief justice....
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the bar for obama specifically. higher tonight than it was when he faced john mccain at his last town hall style debate four years ago and obama had to prove he was presidential at that time. and he accomplished that. take a listen. >> senator mccain in the last debate and today again suggested that i don't understand. it's true. there are some things i don't understand. i don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 while osama bin laden and al qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train wrists to attack us. >> whether that style and tone work tonight, as well? >> well, you know,ic that's a great moment for obama from that 2008 debate. but he has a very different job to do tonight. one of the things he has to do is really try to undo some of the damage that was done in that first debate by his weak performance. i'll be interested to see whether he acknowledges that, whether he makes a joke out of what happened the first time or in some way attempt to get beyond t
the bar for obama specifically. higher tonight than it was when he faced john mccain at his last town hall style debate four years ago and obama had to prove he was presidential at that time. and he accomplished that. take a listen. >> senator mccain in the last debate and today again suggested that i don't understand. it's true. there are some things i don't understand. i don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 while osama bin laden and al...
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they're for president obama. they have a pretty upbeat attitude about what's going to happen next, especially if president obama wins a second term. but then we have two republican-leaning groups, a big one is called the thriving. this is our youngest group, highest educated, highest income. these people are very confident that things are getting better and are going to get better for them. and they are by a big margin going for mitt romney for president. their big concern, the federal deficit and the debt. the last group, this is a group we called the downbeats. they're core republicans, most of them very conservative, churchgoing group, almost entirely white. they think the country's gone way off the tracks and the only way it gets fixed is if mitt romney gets elected in november, by 80% of them say they'll vote for him in november. >> as we talk about the issue of mitt romney and the president going after his time at bain capital and where it falls into the election itself as being categorized as the best reas
they're for president obama. they have a pretty upbeat attitude about what's going to happen next, especially if president obama wins a second term. but then we have two republican-leaning groups, a big one is called the thriving. this is our youngest group, highest educated, highest income. these people are very confident that things are getting better and are going to get better for them. and they are by a big margin going for mitt romney for president. their big concern, the federal deficit...
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and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt romney will do a better job, and 47% in nevada think the president can better handle the problems in the economy. that's a question of particular interest in nevada, with of course the housing crisis being at its worst there and unemployment also being above the national average. so does mitt romney have time to make up the difference when it comes to the horse race? here's what nate silver, "the new york times" numbers guru and keeper of the famous 538 blog told nbc's david gregory for the press pass. >> you haven't it now, and that was damagi
and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt...
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president obama has no public events today. he will head to california tomorrow, where he is expected to tout the new jobs number, 7.8%, and some big fund-raising numbers out today. president obama and the democrats raised $181 million in september, the highest single-month total so far. more on all these stories throughout the next two hours. >>> the campaign focus shifts a bit next week to the vice presidential nominees. paul ryan and joe biden will face off in their only debate next thursday night. paul ryan has just left his four-day debate camp. he is heading back to wisconsin for a fund-raiser tonight. and as for the vice president, we check in with msnbc news campaign embed carrie dan. she's embedded with vice president joe biden's team. carrie, vice president biden's schedule shows him to be in wilmington, delaware, right now, and for the next few days. what is planned for him? >> that's right, milissa. he's going to be doing his own debate camp there, up until a day before the debate. he's spending time with chris van
president obama has no public events today. he will head to california tomorrow, where he is expected to tout the new jobs number, 7.8%, and some big fund-raising numbers out today. president obama and the democrats raised $181 million in september, the highest single-month total so far. more on all these stories throughout the next two hours. >>> the campaign focus shifts a bit next week to the vice presidential nominees. paul ryan and joe biden will face off in their only debate next...
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when you have an obama campaign, obama told us four years ago, when you can't talk about your record you have to play games like this. he can't talk about their record and we will be happy to. that's their campaign and it's sad and pathetic and delusional. >> before you go, i want to ask you about the latest rumors surrounding condoleezza rice for romney's vp pick. house majority leader eric cantor gave what sounded like a pretty resounding endorsement last night. >> i'm a big fan of condi rice. she bring -- i think there's a lot of people that are qualified. certainly she would be qualified. >> is she a top candidate? >> here's the great thing, on the republican p side as opposed to the democrats, we have so many great, talent republicans out there. i'm not privy to the vp pick and no one is aside from mitt romney. when you look at marco rubio, paul ryan, rob portman, we have a great talent pool. and, you know, that's why, again, they don't want to talk about the future, we're happy to talk about the future. >> you're not even answering the condi rice question, are you, barbara? >>
when you have an obama campaign, obama told us four years ago, when you can't talk about your record you have to play games like this. he can't talk about their record and we will be happy to. that's their campaign and it's sad and pathetic and delusional. >> before you go, i want to ask you about the latest rumors surrounding condoleezza rice for romney's vp pick. house majority leader eric cantor gave what sounded like a pretty resounding endorsement last night. >> i'm a big fan...
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now president obama has responded. in a statement released by his spokesman, "a cardinal rule of the obama administration is no white house official ever interfered well any independent investigation led by the department of justice." as part of that practice, it neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. nbc's intelligence and national security reporter ken delanie, and nbc senior political editor beth fooley. thank you both for joining us today. appreciate it. ken, let's start with you. >> i was wondering to myself was president trump briefed on surveillance at trump tower? is that what he is trying to say? all reporting today is that's not the case. we can't rule it out completely. as you mentioned, a senior u.s. official has cautioned us against this -- against what trump charged. the way that he articulated this charge is just not how it works. we just don't know if that's happening here. it seems like it would be pr
now president obama has responded. in a statement released by his spokesman, "a cardinal rule of the obama administration is no white house official ever interfered well any independent investigation led by the department of justice." as part of that practice, it neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. nbc's intelligence and national security reporter ken delanie, and nbc senior...
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i think they're gearing up to try to defeat obama in this campaign. this is not the obama campaign. that's a separate campaign. this is all about scott walker. it's all about what scott walker has done to workers. what he's done to seniors, to the students. everybody from kindergarten through graduate school in this state. technical college system. what he's done to women in terms of denying them health care. it's all about him. it's not about president obama. we will deal with obama and romney after we deal with scott walker. and he's going down tomorrow. >> gwen moore, thanks for your time today and that singing wasn't too bad. the voice is there. it's strong. >>> george zimmerman back behind bars. his attorney wants to explain the false financial statements. but will the judge let him? plus, searching the wreckage. at least 153 people killed after a plane crashes in nigeria, but officials fear that number could be rising. dude you don't understand, this is my dad's car. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick.
i think they're gearing up to try to defeat obama in this campaign. this is not the obama campaign. that's a separate campaign. this is all about scott walker. it's all about what scott walker has done to workers. what he's done to seniors, to the students. everybody from kindergarten through graduate school in this state. technical college system. what he's done to women in terms of denying them health care. it's all about him. it's not about president obama. we will deal with obama and romney...
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we're counting down to president obama's big election speech. we're back right after this. ♪ forz(power!) andiamo! andiamo! (let's go! let's go!) avanti! avanti! (keep going! keep going!) hahaha...hahahaha! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than christopher columbus with speedboats. that's happy! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. his morning starts with...
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president obama's five-point lead last month, it's gone. in nevada president obama holds a three-point lead versus two points last month. we want to dig deeper into the numbers with nevada political journalist john rolston, host of "rolston reports" our nbc affiliate in las vegas, and the author of the rolston report website and joining us is washington sherry, from "the washington post." key in nevada are polls showing president obama with this lead among the state's large hispanic population, chuck todd reports even republicans feel nevada is so well organized on the democratic side of things it's really going to be hard to overcome the advantage. so, what are you hearing on the ground? >> well, on the ground, thomas, the democrats are absolutely crushing the republicans in early voting. where i'm sitting right now, clark county in the las vegas area nearly 200,000 people have already voted, might have been a third of the total vote has already been cast and the democrats have about a 36,000-vote lead in ballots returned if you're assumin
president obama's five-point lead last month, it's gone. in nevada president obama holds a three-point lead versus two points last month. we want to dig deeper into the numbers with nevada political journalist john rolston, host of "rolston reports" our nbc affiliate in las vegas, and the author of the rolston report website and joining us is washington sherry, from "the washington post." key in nevada are polls showing president obama with this lead among the state's large...
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voting for problesident obama. craig melvin joins me live and he's been investigating what it's looking like in north carolina as it regards to the black vote. and the turn joet. and enthusiasm is the big question. >> no one thinks that the president's obviously going to lose black voters in north carolina, but the concern for the obama campaign is if they see even the smallest decrease in turnout that could spell trouble. and the latest nbc battleground north carolina one of the most likely to go from blue to red. places like raleigh and charlotte. a lot has happened in the tar hill state over the past four years. this morning a look at a few of the things working for and against the president will time around. for 17 years, michelle walker spent her days as an analyst. now she spends many of them here at the unemployment center. >> i got laid off due it to the merger of two companies. >> reporter: walker has a lot of company. the tar hill state's unemployment rate is 9.6%. for african-americans, it's 19%. >> they
voting for problesident obama. craig melvin joins me live and he's been investigating what it's looking like in north carolina as it regards to the black vote. and the turn joet. and enthusiasm is the big question. >> no one thinks that the president's obviously going to lose black voters in north carolina, but the concern for the obama campaign is if they see even the smallest decrease in turnout that could spell trouble. and the latest nbc battleground north carolina one of the most...
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obama's remarks. obama said iran won't have nuclear weapons. the prime minister will clarify the way in which iran won't have nuclear arms. now, netanyahu is also expected, sir, to warn the time for diplomacy with tehran is not unlimited. where do you think that the white house can go from here especially when we would most americans would prefer to see all this handled on a diplomatic front? >> well, i think the president in his u.n. speech a couple days ago was very clear. we're not going to permit iran to get nuclear weapons. we're going to do it through continued very crippling sanctions with other nations, with europeans diplomatically, pursue negotiations although they're not working. i think recently the president announced a d listing of iranian opposition group which is very popular around the world and here in the u.s. i think the president's record is very strong and associating himself with a positive side of the arab spring but at the same time responding very tough against terrorism, al qaeda, decimated al qaeda, he got bin laden.
obama's remarks. obama said iran won't have nuclear weapons. the prime minister will clarify the way in which iran won't have nuclear arms. now, netanyahu is also expected, sir, to warn the time for diplomacy with tehran is not unlimited. where do you think that the white house can go from here especially when we would most americans would prefer to see all this handled on a diplomatic front? >> well, i think the president in his u.n. speech a couple days ago was very clear. we're not...
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you have president obama who provided warnings. you have people inside the trump campaign and the future administration that warned about this. and yet none of them, none of those cautions were taken on by president trump. and yet this morning he's trying to put blame on president obama who actually fired general flynn. so it doesn't matter where the warning came from, president trump didn't seem to want to hear it. >> greg, as you reported over the weekend, top transition officials were so alarmed that flynn didn't understand the russian ambassador's motives. they asked top obama administration officials for the cia's profile on ambassador kislyak. you do wonder what answers they were looking for, and didn't they already have some suggestion about this given what we're learning? >> i think these were officials part of the initial trump transition team. they were trying to make michael flynn snap out of it. he was talking about meetings with the russian ambassador. these are people sitting around the table with him saying, seriousl
you have president obama who provided warnings. you have people inside the trump campaign and the future administration that warned about this. and yet none of them, none of those cautions were taken on by president trump. and yet this morning he's trying to put blame on president obama who actually fired general flynn. so it doesn't matter where the warning came from, president trump didn't seem to want to hear it. >> greg, as you reported over the weekend, top transition officials were...
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did barack obama do enough? the structural forces in this campaign still favor obama. did he do enough to stabilize it? >> nice picture there, by the way. >> i appreciate it. >> if you guys had a daily operation -- >> we're online. got tons of stuff coming up. "facts did matter afterall." i like that because it works no matter who wins. if obama fact checks the hell out of mitt romney, facts did matter. if romney punches back and says, what's going on in benghazi, what's going on with biden's explanati explanation, that will reflect on the president. >> that was a pretty picture of you as well. thank you all so much. i do appreciate your time. we'll be back here next weekend. we'll do it on saturday at 2:00 eastern live here on msnbc, the place for politics. have a fantastic sunday afternoon. [ male announcer ] behold the joy, bliss and total delight that can only come from having someone else pay your mortgage for an entire year... this is what you'll experience if you win the quicken loans skip-a-year mortgage sweepstakes. up to five winners will get to skip a year o
did barack obama do enough? the structural forces in this campaign still favor obama. did he do enough to stabilize it? >> nice picture there, by the way. >> i appreciate it. >> if you guys had a daily operation -- >> we're online. got tons of stuff coming up. "facts did matter afterall." i like that because it works no matter who wins. if obama fact checks the hell out of mitt romney, facts did matter. if romney punches back and says, what's going on in...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we have got any math teachers out there? you can go ahead and look in this plan. and you'll see that the numbers work. i won't be running the okey-doek on you. >> that's president obama earlier and do we have this right now? we've got the live pictures coming in to us of vice president biden in ohio. that was president obama appearing in delray beach, florida, earlier this morning, starting now on the six-state post-debate swing. vice president biden, though, will be in ohio over the next three days. certainly we know ohio one of the most critical battleground states. more now on whether last night's debate changed the direction of the presidential race. joining me now, ron reagan, the son of the former president and a former radio talk show host and contributor and megan mccain, daughter of john mccain and a contributor of msnbc. i want to start with the grades of the candidates. last week, megan, you gave president obama a b and mitt romney a b-minus. did
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the obama coalition. if you look at the black vote in north carolina, the state where they were campaigning today, a state that mitt romney won only by about two points in 2012, the key of that race being so close in 2012, surprisingly close -- there it is. look at that. the turnout in north carolina in 2012. this was the first time in north carolina history the black turnout had actually exceeded the white turnout in north carolina. barack obama wasn't expected to come that close to mitt romney in the state. he nearly took north carolina fueled by that turnout. so, certainly, that's something democrats are looking to rep kalt now with hillary clinton at the top of the ticket in north carolina. 15 electoral votes in that state. that would be a big swing, if they could get it. the president, as we said, also going after donald trump, not necessarily by name. let's play more of what he had to say about the presumptive republican nominee. >> i don't know how you vote for the guy who's against a minimum wage,
the obama coalition. if you look at the black vote in north carolina, the state where they were campaigning today, a state that mitt romney won only by about two points in 2012, the key of that race being so close in 2012, surprisingly close -- there it is. look at that. the turnout in north carolina in 2012. this was the first time in north carolina history the black turnout had actually exceeded the white turnout in north carolina. barack obama wasn't expected to come that close to mitt...
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romney attacks the president obama's handling of the economy and jobs and president obama claims credit for reviving the economy and creating these new jobs. is the economy the safest bet for mitt romney to go after for his campaign? he should stick to what he knows? >> he should absolutely stick to the economy. the economy is the main issue for the selection. unless god forbid something bad happen this is in the national security front, it will be the economy. and with unemployment above 8% for three years now, the gdp numbers being awful for this last report coming out last week, mitt romney has to keep going out and they're saying i've been successful in the public and private section tore, this president has not been successful as president 38 back to the auto industry. it's 180,000 jobs later than in 2008. overwhelming majority of those jobs lost were nonunion workers. if you look at the basis of what actually happened with auto bailout, it was really just a deal that he had between the president and uaw. >> but it's thriving. you have to admit that it is thrive williing and this i
romney attacks the president obama's handling of the economy and jobs and president obama claims credit for reviving the economy and creating these new jobs. is the economy the safest bet for mitt romney to go after for his campaign? he should stick to what he knows? >> he should absolutely stick to the economy. the economy is the main issue for the selection. unless god forbid something bad happen this is in the national security front, it will be the economy. and with unemployment above...
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this will be a referendum on barack obama. just like hillary clinton and barack obama came together and the democrats were splitting each other in half four years ago, that's not been the case here in our party but you do come together and you do the things that you saw yesterday and what you just had on your show, i think you'll see that in the republican party. you'll see a totally unified front. republican, conservative, tea party, everyone in between, come together to help save this country and defeat barack obama. >> when you talk about the coalescing and people uniting, everybody behind mitt romney, let's talk about the candidate potentially for vice president, is that going to send a big signal to the voters? mike hu mike hucabee or sarah palin? >> i don't hear that, thomas, i think more and more you're going to see some of that go away. i think mostly when you do these contrasts between the candidates during the primary you get more of that. as people come together, you get less than that. as far as the vp sweep stakes
this will be a referendum on barack obama. just like hillary clinton and barack obama came together and the democrats were splitting each other in half four years ago, that's not been the case here in our party but you do come together and you do the things that you saw yesterday and what you just had on your show, i think you'll see that in the republican party. you'll see a totally unified front. republican, conservative, tea party, everyone in between, come together to help save this country...
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by president obama. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling these diplomats because of things that the russian government did. >> reporter: at consulates in san francisco and washington, d.c., russian staffers scrambled to get out quickly. the state department also took control of sprawling compounds in maryland and long island, new york, that many neighbors had not known were russian hideaways for diplomatic families, recreation and secure meetings. >> there's always been a bit of mystery surrounding the property. >> reporter: the president-elect has not said if he intends to keep or reverse the obama sanctions against russia. earlier this week, trump said he and president obama continue to speak about the transition. >> i did. i did. he phoned me. we had a very nice conversation. >> reporter: trump's team is buying time to weigh options by saying the president-elect needs more information on russia's hacking, expected in a high level intelligence briefing tu
by president obama. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling these diplomats because of things that the russian government did. >> reporter: at consulates in san francisco and washington, d.c., russian staffers scrambled to get out quickly. the state department also took control of sprawling compounds in maryland and long island, new york, that many neighbors had not known were russian hideaways for diplomatic families, recreation and...
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>> i think that was just obama being obama. none of us are perfect and we all have a sense of ourselves and he has a sense of himself. and it was david axelrod asking the question, so it was his friend. that's when he should have been on guard for and just passed on that. that would have been the smarter thing to do. >> your take, rick? >> that's right, when you're talking to friends, you tend to let your guard down. but barack obama might have won if he had focused on those three states, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. hillary clinton playing barack obama wasn't going to win. >> very quickly, i want to talk about this poll. there's a new poll out from pew research that shows that president obama will end his presidency really on a high note. 45% of people surveyed say he will be remembered as an outstanding or above-average president. you think those numbers, howard, are going to help the democratic party going forward at all? >> yeah, i think they will. i think the biggest help to the democrats going forward is trump i
>> i think that was just obama being obama. none of us are perfect and we all have a sense of ourselves and he has a sense of himself. and it was david axelrod asking the question, so it was his friend. that's when he should have been on guard for and just passed on that. that would have been the smarter thing to do. >> your take, rick? >> that's right, when you're talking to friends, you tend to let your guard down. but barack obama might have won if he had focused on those...
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we don't know if obama's going to press the 47% issue. i don't think anybody knows what's going to happen. >> as a moderator, not only did you make history, you had to walk a very line, but what sort of pitfalls do moderators have to be wary of? >> well, you have, you can't, you can't think about what people are going to say about you. i tried to do my job as a good journalist, to be fair and to be objective and to be professional. and to seek the truth. i employed those attributes as a reporter and despite how professional i thought it was an how fair i thought i was, i was accused of making george bush look bad and of making clinton look good, which was completely false. clinton did his thing on his own. and the public saw his warmth and his ability to connect with people and they liked that. george bush blew that question you showed a part of. that was the good part of his answer, but when he first heard the question, he was like, i don't get it and people remember that he said i don't get it. and that was about the economy. and that's
we don't know if obama's going to press the 47% issue. i don't think anybody knows what's going to happen. >> as a moderator, not only did you make history, you had to walk a very line, but what sort of pitfalls do moderators have to be wary of? >> well, you have, you can't, you can't think about what people are going to say about you. i tried to do my job as a good journalist, to be fair and to be objective and to be professional. and to seek the truth. i employed those attributes...
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>> obama. >> who did you vote for before? >> obama. >> why are you voting for him again? >> because he's doing a good job. >> reporter: come election date i will go well into the evening like a midnight buffet. >> thank you. that light. the man suggest thad the lead over the free world put his man pants on. >>> up next we go back to ohio for team romney is blanketing the buckeye state today. we're going to get perspective from both ends of the bellwether state. this is, of course, m s nsnbc, place for politics. for the past 35 years. and i've been using tide to fight the smells and stains of the game. because when i do the laundry... it's for a family of 53. that's my tide. what's yours? this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> now, for a little trail dust on a saturday afternoon where we play you s
>> obama. >> who did you vote for before? >> obama. >> why are you voting for him again? >> because he's doing a good job. >> reporter: come election date i will go well into the evening like a midnight buffet. >> thank you. that light. the man suggest thad the lead over the free world put his man pants on. >>> up next we go back to ohio for team romney is blanketing the buckeye state today. we're going to get perspective from both ends of the...
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president obama won it twice. but what do we expect to hear from the two of them as they finally share the stage as a team? sxwlink the main thing that we will see is as close an embrace as possible between them. this is a lot about the images that will come out of this. there should be no question in anybody's minds both are hoping that any of the divisions from 2008 are still there. barack obama wants to say i want hillary clinton to be the president. everybody look at me saying hillary clinton should be the president of the united states. i'm supporting her all the way. and even though that means bernie sanders may not have dropped out by then, probably will be pushing forward to the convention, president saying it's fine, stay in the race, but we're going forward and we're going against donald trump. i think we'll also see a lot of heavy action against donald trump. >> i think that's clear we likely will hear that there both elizabeth warren and joe biden, as well. julia, give me a sense about the whispers tha
president obama won it twice. but what do we expect to hear from the two of them as they finally share the stage as a team? sxwlink the main thing that we will see is as close an embrace as possible between them. this is a lot about the images that will come out of this. there should be no question in anybody's minds both are hoping that any of the divisions from 2008 are still there. barack obama wants to say i want hillary clinton to be the president. everybody look at me saying hillary...
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obama is doing as president. 46% disapproving. the poll taken over the three days following the debate. prior to the debate, 54% approving of the president's performance. 42% disapproving. how badly did the debate hurt the president, tom? >> i think we'll probably see it being temporarily, though we'll only know over time. people care a lot more about the great jobs report from friday. they care about what the plans mean for medicare. and as we've seen, mitt romney is paying a high price for one good night. he made up 27 myths in 38 minutes, now he's got a lot of explaining to do. whether it's on medicare, why he's charging current seniors $11,000 more out of pocket. why people of my generation would pay over $200,000 for medicare under his plan? or whether you see even newt gingrich meeting a higher honesty and integrity standard than mitt romney. so i think it's really creating more problems over time. for mitt romney. but -- >> 200,000 -- tom, let me stop you there. 200,000 figure, that's the first time i've heard that where di
obama is doing as president. 46% disapproving. the poll taken over the three days following the debate. prior to the debate, 54% approving of the president's performance. 42% disapproving. how badly did the debate hurt the president, tom? >> i think we'll probably see it being temporarily, though we'll only know over time. people care a lot more about the great jobs report from friday. they care about what the plans mean for medicare. and as we've seen, mitt romney is paying a high price...
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bush and president obama had more votes. he claimed 94 million americans are out of the labor force, a figure that included both seniors and teenagers. if you go back to before he was president. there was the birther moment. he repeatedly claimed president obama wasn't born in the u.s. also his claim and accusation that primary rival ted cruz's father was somehow involved in jfk's assassination. finally this fiction that trump was always opposed to the iraq invasion. there's absolutely no proof of that but there is proof he suspected supported it, at least a little, in 2002 in an interview with howard stern. to join me politico's eli stokele. sean spicer just had a briefing a moment ago. he was peppered with questions by the press about where exactly donald trump got this idea he was wiretapped. he said, well, it may have been fisa, it may have been surveillance. he also said there are a lot of reports out there that are asking these same questions. what reports? >> right. he said, or whatever. we need to know if it was surv
bush and president obama had more votes. he claimed 94 million americans are out of the labor force, a figure that included both seniors and teenagers. if you go back to before he was president. there was the birther moment. he repeatedly claimed president obama wasn't born in the u.s. also his claim and accusation that primary rival ted cruz's father was somehow involved in jfk's assassination. finally this fiction that trump was always opposed to the iraq invasion. there's absolutely no proof...
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over team obama -- sorry, team romney. we break down the romneys'not so big mo, plus examine what's actually factually happening with welfare and we'll discuss how race factors into the gop's criticism of the president's policy. >>> and the obama doctrine. former assistant secretary of state p.j. crowley and foreign policy's susan glasser evaluate the president's foreign policy resume four years later, when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, whic
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and then pivots to barack obama. so the obama campaign really playing up the clinton speech. and i think the romney campaign if they wind up losing will look back three months and say what a that is it was to build up bill clinton as this truth sayer for the republican party to say, oh, barack obama's in the like bill clinton. the problem is bill clinton's alive and he can speak for himself. it's not the same as democrats trying to invoke ronald reagan. if reagan was alive, he would probably make the case for mitt romney, but chin linton can make case for himself. >> and it also doesn't help the republican cause that he is undeniably the most popular living politician there is. thank you, sir. appreciate your saturday work. we'll talk to you later today. >>> new poll numbers show one presidential candidate is gaining ground on the issue for voters. the economy. it's the economy, stupid. details on that straight ahead. and a little bit later, you will never get who this is. here's a hint. she spoke at the dnc in charlotte last week. she did not have that hair to then, though.
and then pivots to barack obama. so the obama campaign really playing up the clinton speech. and i think the romney campaign if they wind up losing will look back three months and say what a that is it was to build up bill clinton as this truth sayer for the republican party to say, oh, barack obama's in the like bill clinton. the problem is bill clinton's alive and he can speak for himself. it's not the same as democrats trying to invoke ronald reagan. if reagan was alive, he would probably...
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oh, except president obama. and i'll finally designate china has the currency manipulator in getting trade to work for america. now, third, i'm going to send to congress the retraining format to make sure every worker who feels left behind in this economy can get the chance for a good paying job. and fourth, i'll move to tackle out of control spending. i will -- i'll send congress the first of several fundamental reforms. this person will be called the down payment on fiscal sandy act to immediately cut not just slow the rate of growth, but cut nonsecurity discretionary spending by 5%. and by the way, i'm not going to just take office on january 20th. i'm going to take responsibility for that office, as well. >> we are watching mitt romney as he talk toes people that have shown up for a campaign event there in west alice, wisconsin, wisconsin being the home state of his running mate, paul ryan. and said earlier that the best choice he has made next to ann romney, is picking paul ryan as his running mate. that cr
oh, except president obama. and i'll finally designate china has the currency manipulator in getting trade to work for america. now, third, i'm going to send to congress the retraining format to make sure every worker who feels left behind in this economy can get the chance for a good paying job. and fourth, i'll move to tackle out of control spending. i will -- i'll send congress the first of several fundamental reforms. this person will be called the down payment on fiscal sandy act to...
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the obama campaign is trying to woo on their side. take a look. >> president obama is leading the most successful crackdown on health care fraud ever, already recovered $4 billion from health care scams last year alone. to preserve medicare now and for the future. a commitment to medicare as personal as yours. >> so on the other side, the romney camp also out with a new ad called stories from the obama economy which accuses the president of trying to distract from what the team romney calls his failed record. they are also meant to counteract those obama reelection ads featuring american workers affected by bain. >> i had to file my own personal bankruptcy, had to close my business. >> i expected great things from the president when he was elected. and now it's just a feeling of disappointment that he hasn't been able to fulfill all of the things, all of the changes that he talked about. >> let's say good morning and bring in our political power panel for this wednesday. jamal simmons, s.e. cup as well as anne kornblut. great to see a
the obama campaign is trying to woo on their side. take a look. >> president obama is leading the most successful crackdown on health care fraud ever, already recovered $4 billion from health care scams last year alone. to preserve medicare now and for the future. a commitment to medicare as personal as yours. >> so on the other side, the romney camp also out with a new ad called stories from the obama economy which accuses the president of trying to distract from what the team...
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are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was unpatriotic. did he say that? >> yes. a president though -- >> how much was added in in his four years. jin >> i understand this is what you're paid to do, to come on and talk about what you'd like to see the republican party do within his nominee. let's get back on track with the republican party and governor romney -- >> i'll get on your track. go ahead. >> governor romney and how you think nationally he's going to do in a general election if he's having a hard time getting a unification and the effort needed, this swell of support, in primaries
are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was...
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repealing obama care? as the congressman -- the senator just said, they have tried this now 34 times already. it isn't going to happen. if you're going to get serious -- and by the way, paul ryan's budget foresees the repeal of obama care but somehow magically maintains the $700 billion in savings of obama care, which is a neat trick here. really the republicans are not a legitimate negotiating partner. >> as we talk about what speaker boehner has said to "roll call" he said that there's no doubt as a party we need to do a better job of communicating and engaging with the american people. it seems like they lost this messaging war back in the election in november. how are they changing their tune now to get people on their side? >> they're not changing it that much because they're not in a position to have a large megaphone. i would argue they have been losing the messaging war since before november, when house speaker john boehner really started to lose control over his caucus and that's really the hard p
repealing obama care? as the congressman -- the senator just said, they have tried this now 34 times already. it isn't going to happen. if you're going to get serious -- and by the way, paul ryan's budget foresees the repeal of obama care but somehow magically maintains the $700 billion in savings of obama care, which is a neat trick here. really the republicans are not a legitimate negotiating partner. >> as we talk about what speaker boehner has said to "roll call" he said...
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for obama, no. but they're leaning to obama. those votes are up for grabs. just as the leaners romney are up for grabs. it's more than just the people who say they're undecided. those leaners can be persuaded by debate performance. and let me tell you, look at governor romney's performance last week in education nation, at our station, at the clinton global initiative, he sounded good, he talked policy, he was on his game. anybody who thinks this is going to be a walk-over for the president is wrong. governor romney is very strong. and he has the advantage, when he gets into this, he looks and sounds very presidential, no ifs, ands or buts about it. >> robert traynham, there came a point late in the race where republican supporters really thought the thing was over and they started pulling back, they started pulling money away from bob dole and they started investing it into those senate candidates. do you think this is something, do you think there's a chance we might see that this time around? tha
for obama, no. but they're leaning to obama. those votes are up for grabs. just as the leaners romney are up for grabs. it's more than just the people who say they're undecided. those leaners can be persuaded by debate performance. and let me tell you, look at governor romney's performance last week in education nation, at our station, at the clinton global initiative, he sounded good, he talked policy, he was on his game. anybody who thinks this is going to be a walk-over for the president is...
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it was a victory for the disaster of obama care. i promise thank you that victory won't last very long. >> and according to the "wall street journal", the white house is now proactively seeking to weaken obama care through waivers and rule changes, about ut the president said friday he is ready to move on to his next big agenda. tax reform. >> we'll probably be going right now for tax reform, which we could have done earlier, but this really would have worked out better if we could have had some democrat support. >> now i'm going for tax reform which i really like. >> will tax reform be any different or will the same divisions doom taxes as well? kelly o'donnell has more on the fall-out. kelly. >> it is tough to explain why some republicans would not go along. that job fell to mike pence today, the vice president in west virginia, talking about small business ideas, jobs and so forth. that was a planned visit there, but he had to add in some explanation about what went wrong on capitol hill. where he had been a big player trying to
it was a victory for the disaster of obama care. i promise thank you that victory won't last very long. >> and according to the "wall street journal", the white house is now proactively seeking to weaken obama care through waivers and rule changes, about ut the president said friday he is ready to move on to his next big agenda. tax reform. >> we'll probably be going right now for tax reform, which we could have done earlier, but this really would have worked out better if...
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president obama struck back at vladimir putin. this afternoon, the white house announcing sweeping new actions to punish russia for what our intelligence agencies conclude is its role in interfering in this year's presidential election. 35 russian diplomats who the president called intelligence operatives were given 72 hours to leave the united states. russian intelligence services were sanctioned, as was the head of one of those intel services and three of his deputies. three companies were also sanctioned. they allegedly provided support to russia's cyberoperations. in addition, two facilitie in the u.s. owned by the russian government are being shut down. in a statement, the president said all americans s
president obama struck back at vladimir putin. this afternoon, the white house announcing sweeping new actions to punish russia for what our intelligence agencies conclude is its role in interfering in this year's presidential election. 35 russian diplomats who the president called intelligence operatives were given 72 hours to leave the united states. russian intelligence services were sanctioned, as was the head of one of those intel services and three of his deputies. three companies were...
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president obama is taking his economic message on the road. we are expecting his first comments in arlington, virginia, since those new unemployment numbers came out. the president will be speaking minutes from now. we were going to show you a live shot from the school where he was going to speak but a storm just went through and knocked down the shot. we're working to get that back for you. he will be speaking with juniors and seniors that are going to be graduating washington lee high school about student loans and his push to prevent interest rates from doubling coming up on july 1st. i'm joined by heather smith, president of rock the vote. we can tell there is a major storm brewing over washington, d.c. in and around virginia right now looking at the skyline behind you. let's talk about the reason the president is trying to tract the youth back to his campaign for re-election. explain though how young voters are reacting to the president's message about student loans and the worries that so many students have around this country about the
president obama is taking his economic message on the road. we are expecting his first comments in arlington, virginia, since those new unemployment numbers came out. the president will be speaking minutes from now. we were going to show you a live shot from the school where he was going to speak but a storm just went through and knocked down the shot. we're working to get that back for you. he will be speaking with juniors and seniors that are going to be graduating washington lee high school...
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>> i think you'll see michelle obama, you'll see president obama tonight, joe biden this afternoon. look, they are all in in a way that is profoundly important to this clinton campaign. we know how hillary clinton has struggled as a retail politician. this is new hampshire. this is new hampshire where hillary lost to bernie sanders in big double digits. she said, you have to vote. don't stay home, or staying at home is a vote for that other candidate. she just took him down today in every possible way. hallie? >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. we appreciate you reacting to that speech we saw just within the last 40 minutes or so here on msnbc. michelle obama, as we're talking about delivering what andrea called a significantly signature moment for her and for hillary clinton as democrats go after his comments about women, his past comments about women, all of it, as we are waiting right now for what's being billed by donald trump himself as a major speech in west palm beach. he's said to be here in cincinnati, where we are, at the arena behind me, later on tonight. we're hearin
>> i think you'll see michelle obama, you'll see president obama tonight, joe biden this afternoon. look, they are all in in a way that is profoundly important to this clinton campaign. we know how hillary clinton has struggled as a retail politician. this is new hampshire. this is new hampshire where hillary lost to bernie sanders in big double digits. she said, you have to vote. don't stay home, or staying at home is a vote for that other candidate. she just took him down today in every...
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instead it former president president obama. there is no other president as wide live embraced by the culture today than the obamas. and that fact just inturates the right. when you look at the tea partiers back in obama's term screaming no to health care, to the ones today protesting to reopen the country despite a deadly pandemic, there's a strong anger that many probably don't understand. their party, the republicans have control of the white house, the senate, majority of governorships and the supreme court. what is there to be so angry about? well, a big part of that anger stems from their alienation from the culture and their inact to contr -- inability to control it. a lot of the issues have been decisively won by the left. the resounding impact of those movements can still be felt today, and young people and people of color have shattered and rejected decades-long traditional norms and standards at media and entertainment. we now live in a world where ariel from "the little mermaid" is black, where idris alba is a totall
instead it former president president obama. there is no other president as wide live embraced by the culture today than the obamas. and that fact just inturates the right. when you look at the tea partiers back in obama's term screaming no to health care, to the ones today protesting to reopen the country despite a deadly pandemic, there's a strong anger that many probably don't understand. their party, the republicans have control of the white house, the senate, majority of governorships and...
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he wants to repeal obama care. 7 million african-americans who are uninsured benefit from president obama's work on reforming health care. the governor wants to repeal the tax cuts. he wants to get rid of pell grants or reduce pell grants? the president has supported increasingly so i don't know what he's saying. i'm sure the audience is trying to be respectful and be polite, but this is not about applause lines. this is about running and being president of the united states of america. >> specifically, he -- you heavily criticized romney when he came to your city earlier. but in a speech today, as you heard, he said he was inspired by the students in one of the charter schools in philadelphia. so wouldn't members of the african-american community be glad that he is addressing the issue that is specific to the community and, two, that he's making the effort? >> we always appreciate effort. that's nothing but a throwaway line. we know that. i mean, come on. that same school is where he also said that smaller class size doesn't matter. every second grader in america knows that class size actu
he wants to repeal obama care. 7 million african-americans who are uninsured benefit from president obama's work on reforming health care. the governor wants to repeal the tax cuts. he wants to get rid of pell grants or reduce pell grants? the president has supported increasingly so i don't know what he's saying. i'm sure the audience is trying to be respectful and be polite, but this is not about applause lines. this is about running and being president of the united states of america....
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president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >> politics and foreign policy taking center stage during the final night of the democratic national convention. after a video narrated by tom hanks which highlighted the death of osama bin laden and the strength of the american military, a grouch veterans including some retired generals took the stage as the crowd said thank you. massachusetts senator and 2004 presidential candidate john kerry took the opportunity to skewer mitt romney. >> he was against a date on withdrawal, said it was right and then threat impression it was wrong to leave too soon.
president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >>...
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i do think the obama administration will hold firm. i think that over the years of president obama's tenure as president, it is extremely unfortunate that what we have learned is that increasingly, the republicans in charge of both houses of congress cannot be reasoned with and they cannot be bargained with. you don't go to the bargaining table with people who deliberately pursue policies, as i said, that actually increase the rate of maternal mortality and infant mortality. you just can't bargain with that kind of an attitude. so i think the obama administration is going to hold firm. and i think that in the senate we can make some real headway. we had a terrible vote, two votes that were terrible in the house today. but we have better shots at the senate. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you both for joining us tonight. >>> still to come, chris christie gets put on the hot seat and bristol palin wastes no time for taking on the president. when is your flu shot more than a flu shot? when it helps give a lifesaving vaccine to a c
i do think the obama administration will hold firm. i think that over the years of president obama's tenure as president, it is extremely unfortunate that what we have learned is that increasingly, the republicans in charge of both houses of congress cannot be reasoned with and they cannot be bargained with. you don't go to the bargaining table with people who deliberately pursue policies, as i said, that actually increase the rate of maternal mortality and infant mortality. you just can't...
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biden, first lady michelle obama, and particularly when you look at obama versus biden and romney, it's two-on-one. mitt romney being able to pick a vice presidential running mate fairly early allows him to return the game to two-on-two. importantly, to start raising more money, to be able to dispatch whomever that pick is to be able to raise money for the romney campaign. >> you've been watching this since the beginning of the season. you've got all these potential vp picks. bobby engine dal, out last week, tim pawlenty hit the trail last week, shadowing the president's bus tour, bracketing him. senator mark rubio raising money for romney in boston. we've got rob portman on the trail this week as well. now "the washington post" reporting the pressure is building. who's got the most buzz now? we finish the holiday week. is it condoleeza race? >> i don't know if she's on that list. i think the people who have the buzz right now are actually people that don't have a lot of buzz around them, portman and tim pawlenty. those aren't the most exciting picks, but all the conventional wisdom aro
biden, first lady michelle obama, and particularly when you look at obama versus biden and romney, it's two-on-one. mitt romney being able to pick a vice presidential running mate fairly early allows him to return the game to two-on-two. importantly, to start raising more money, to be able to dispatch whomever that pick is to be able to raise money for the romney campaign. >> you've been watching this since the beginning of the season. you've got all these potential vp picks. bobby engine...